Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.

Senate Republicans on Monday signaled their plan to filibuster bipartisan legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine, a stunning reversal less than 24 hours after the legislation had been unveiled.

With ex-president Donald Trump urging them to kill it, and many on the right up in arms about the proposal, top Senate Republicans emerged from a heated closed-door meeting and said they needed more time to review the agreement, suggesting that a scheduled Wednesday vote to advance the bill is all but doomed to fail.

  • NovaPrime
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    6 months ago

    Good. The “border crisis” provisions were ridiculous. This bill was mostly smoke anyway. What we need is a separate funding bill for Ukraine and a separate, comprehensive reform bill for immigration to make it easier to immigrate legally, to add funding for visa/asylum processing, and to fund better care for those in US custody awaiting processing. The border “security” shit they’re trying to push is a dog and pony show giveaway to Republicans and further militarizes one of the most corrupt, ineffective, and unaccountable organizations in the entire US government (ICE & border patrol)